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No matter the field of graduate study, graduate students will benefit from this series focusing on understanding how to make sound financial choices in life. This course guides students through both the key knowledge-based facts and concepts and a self-assessment of emotions, attitudes, experiences, culture, and motivations that tend to drive how we manage money. 

Topics in Graduate Professional Development: Personal Finance (GRAD 6000/8000) | 24460/24461 | 5:30 PM- 7:10 R | 2 credits | Online

The spring line-up of for-credit academic courses offered through the Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) cover a host of important topics, from Workplace Communications and Leadership to Responsible Conduct of Research. 

Read more at the CGLL Academics page and view details on the spring semester courses.

At a Nov. 10 workshop, leaders at Equitable will explain how the company has remained adaptive in a changing marketplace and adopted new ways of working while expanding its environmental, social and governance priorities.

Read more and register at the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

Kim Henderson, System Chief of Staff to CEO and Enterprise Officer at Novant Health will lead discussion of The Seven Ingredients to Success in a Accelerate to Industry (A2i) workshop scheduled Friday, Oct. 28 at noon.

Hosted by the Center for Graduate Life and Learning, the session will be held in Atkins 146.

A2i is a workforce development program that allows graduate students to explore diverse career paths with our industry partners in the Charlotte region and beyond. 

For more information and to register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

Registration to compete in this year’s 3MT program has been extended through Oct. 21.

This year’s 1st place winner will receive $1,000 and a funded trip to represent Charlotte at the Conference of Southern Graduate School’s (CSGS) Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida.

For more information and to register, visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

In this Oct. 19 workshop, Lisa Russell-Pinson, Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor of Writing, will share productive ways to respond to feedback on academic writing.

This presentation will be held in Adkins 146. For more information and to register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) will host the annual Graduate Writing Retreat Oct. 10-11 in Adkins 115.

The retreat provides an opportunity for students, faculty staff and community members to make progress on a large writing project. 

More information and registration is available from the CGLL.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning will offer a workshop on Preparing Your 3-Minute Thesis Presentation Oct. 7 at 2:30 in Atkins 146.

The session will address how to effectively explain research to a lay audience in 3 minutes or less, using only one static slide.

For more information and to register, visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Dissertation Writing Group (DWG) is a supportive writing group that helps dissertation writers form or refine productive writing and work habits, break isolation, build community, and take advantage of structured writing time. The workshop is intended for doctoral students actively working on their dissertation and able to attend the virtual 2 ½-hour session weekly for seven weeks.

For more information and to register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning presents “Understanding IRBs: How to be an Ethical Researcher” Sept 14 from 12-1 pm in Atkins 146.

The workshop, led by Cat Runden, IRB Manager at the Office of Research Protections and Integrity (ORPI), will cover the IRB process.

For more information and to register, visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Aug. 26 Friday Morning Writing session at the Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) provides a morning opportunity for graduate students, faculty and staff, and members of the community who want to make progress on a large writing project. The session runs from 9-12 p.m.

Offering a quiet space to work, structured writing time, and writing-related resources, Friday Morning Writing makes writing less isolating.

Coffee, snacks and the use of a microwave oven will be provided in the Atkins 146 session.

To register, visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning will host Dr. Lisa Russell-Pinson, Associate Teaching Professor of Writing in a course entitled Establishing and Maintaining Strong Writing Habits Wednesday, Aug. 24 in Atkins 146.

Dr. Russell-Pinson will show how to develop and stick to a writing process and cover tips for consistent and efficient writing.

To register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

Students planning to submit a thesis or dissertation within the next semester may benefit from this session addressing common questions about formatting, defense and submission procedures.

These workshops are held approximately every two weeks at the Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL). Register for the June 28 session, visit the CGLL for a schedule of sessions and visit YouTube for previous recordings.